Turner’s Golden Visions

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Turner’s Golden Visions by C. Lewis Hind.

Contents

• TURNER'S GOLDEN VISIONS6
• C. LEWIS HIND7
• WITH FIFTY OF THE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS OF TURNER REPRODUCED IN COLOUR7
• NOTE8
• PART ONE16
• A MEMORY: TELLS OF A BOY WHO LOVED TURNER'S 'VIEW OF ORVIETO'16
• THE BOY AND GOLDEN ORVIETO16
• THE BOY WONDERS AT TURNER'S ART LIFE19
• THE BOY WONDERS AT TURNER THE DUMB POET22
• THE BOY, HAVING BECOME A MAN, WONDERS AT THE 'INVENTORY' OF THE TURNER BEQUEST DRAWINGS26
• PART TWO29
• FROM 'FOLLY BRIDGE' TO 'CALAIS PIER'29
• BIRTHPLACE AND PARENTS30
• HE EXHIBITS AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY AND IS DESCRIBED AS A LIGHT-HEARTED, MERRY CREATURE32
• THE DRAWINGS OF 'THE INGENIUS MR. TURNER' ARE STATED BY A NEWSPAPER OF THE DAY TO BE 'TINCTURED WITH TRUTH AND FIDELITY'36
• HIS FIRST OIL PICTURES AND EXTRACTS FROM HIS SKETCH-BOOKS39
• HE EXHIBITS GRANDILOQUENT 'JASON' AND A SIMPLE 'VIEW ON CLAPHAM COMMON'44
• THE YEAR OF 'CALAIS PIER'47
• PART THREE50
• FROM 'THE SHIPWRECK' TO AN EARLY GOLDEN VISION50
• HE STUDIES AN ECLIPSE AND PAINTS THE SUNSET50
• HE PAINTS 'THE SHIPWRECK' FOR FAME, AND BEGINS A SERIES OF 'DELIGHT STUDIES' FOR LOVE52
• THE CHAOS OF THE 'HESPERIDES' AND THE PEACE OF 'ABINGDON'54
• HE BEGINS THE 'LIBER STUDIORUM' AND EXHIBITS 'THE SUN RISING THROUGH VAPOUR'56
• HE WRITES P.P. AFTER HIS NAME AND PAINTS IN A GARDEN AT HAMMERSMITH61
• HE EXHIBITS THE GLOWING 'RIVER SCENE WITH CATTLE,' AND REFUSES TO SELL 'BLIGH SAND'65
• A QUIET YEAR AND AN EARLY GOLDEN VISION69
• PART FOUR71
• FROM A JOURNEY TO DEVONSHIRE TO HIS RETURN FROM ITALY72
• 'APOLLO KILLING THE PYTHON' AND A PICNIC72
• HE EXHIBITS 'HANNIBAL CROSSING THE ALPS,' SUGGESTED BY A SNOWSTORM HE HAD SEEN AT FARNLEY76
• HOAR FROST AT SUNRISE THAT HAS VANISHED FROM 'A FROSTY MORNING'79
• HE PAINTS MORE CLASSICAL PICTURES, TURNS AUTHOR, AND IS HAPPY AT SANDYCOMBE80
• 'A WONDERFUL YEAR' AND A TURNERIAN LOVE-LETTER82
• SKIES! SKIES! SKIES!84
• HE SELLS FIFTY WATER-COLOURS TO MR. FAWKES OF FARNLEY HALL85
• 'THE ABBOTSFORD TURNERS,' AND AN AUCTION PRICE OF A TURNER WATER-COLOUR88
• TURNER'S FIRST VISIT TO ITALY, AND AN EXHIBITION IN GROSVENOR PLACE89
• RETURN FROM ITALY: HE BEGINS TO SIGHT HIS MYSTICAL VISIONS92
• PART FIVE93
• FROM 'THE BAY OF BAIÆ TO 'ULYSSES DERIDING POLYPHEMUS'93
• HE THROWS OFF ANOTHER 'NORHAM CASTLE' AND PREPARES TO STARTLE THE WORLD WITH 'THE BAY OF BAIÆ'94
• 'THE BAY OF BAIÆ': A CRITIC IS CRITICAL, AND A PAINTER IS ENTHUSIASTIC95
• A GLANCE AT SOME OF 'THE RIVERS OF ENGLAND' AND 'HARBOURS OF ENGLAND' WATER-COLOURS98
• A SOMEWHAT BARREN YEAR COMMENTED ON IN A BITTER LAMENT BY RUSKIN102
• ANOTHER UNIMPORTANT YEAR, IN WHICH HE LEAVES TWICKENHAM103
• HE PAINTS THE SEA IN THE OPEN, AND SOME THAMES-SIDE PICTURES105
• THE YEAR WHEN CONSTABLE DESCRIBED TURNER'S VISIONS AS 'GOLDEN, GLORIOUS, AND BEAUTIFUL'111
• THE YEAR OF 'ULYSSES DERIDING POLYPHEMUS'114
• PART SIX119
• FROM THE 'INTERIOR AT PETWORTH' TO THE PERIOD OF THE 'UNFINISHED' OILS119
• HE PAINTS THE 'INTERIOR AT PETWORTH' AND MOURNS THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER, AND OF SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE120
• HE TURNS HIS 'MAGIC LIMELIGHT' ON 'CALIGULA'S PALACE AND BRIDGE'; VISITS SIR WALTER SCOTT, AND MAKES HIS WILL125
• HE PAINTS 'CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE' AND IS JOCULAR ON VARNISHING DAY127
• HE PAINTS HIS FIRST 'VENICE' PICTURE AND RE-PURCHASES SOME OF HIS OWN DRAWINGS AT AUCTION128
• SOME OLD STORIES AND SOME AGELESS COLOUR STUDIES130
• PART SEVEN133
• FROM A CONSIDERATION OF THE 'UNFINISHED OILS TO' RAIN, STEAM AND SPEED' AND THE LAST SKETCH-BOOKS133
• SOME REMARKS ON THE 'UNFINISHED' OILS, AND BLACKWOOD'S ATTACK ON HIS 'VENICE' PICTURE OF THIS YEAR134
• THE RECEPTION OF 'JULIET AND HER NURSE' PROCLAIMS THAT TURNER IS BEGINNING TO LOSE FAVOUR WITH THE PUBLIC139
• 'TROUBLES BEGIN TO GATHER ABOUT HIM. NOTHING WILL GO RIGHT'140
• A 'NONSENSE PICTURE' OF 1838 WHICH IN 1878 FETCHED £5460 AT AUCTION141
• 'THE FIGHTING TÉMÉRAIRE,' AND A SEA-PIECE ON A VISITING-CARD143
• A CONTRAST BETWEEN THE TERRIFIC 'SLAVE SHIP' AND THE MILD 'NEW MOON'146
• HOW TURNER DID IT? HE 'GRASPED THE HANDLE AND PLUNGED THE WHOLE DRAWING INTO A PAIL OF WATER'149
• 'THE SNOWSTORM' AND SOME 'FAULTLESS' WATER-COLOURS151
• VISIONS OF VENICE AND THE FIRST VOLUME OF 'MODERN PAINTERS'156
• HE EXHIBITS 'RAIN, STEAM AND SPEED,' AND TWICE TRIES TO CROSS THE ALPS ON FOOT161
• PICTURES OF WHALERS, AND AN ENTRY ON THE LAST PAGE OF HIS LAST SKETCH-BOOK165
• PART EIGHT170
• THE YEARS OF DECLINE—AND THE END170
• THE BEGINNING OF TURNER'S DECLINE, AND A 'GREY, DIM DRAWING'170
• HE DISAPPEARS FROM HIS OLD HAUNTS, AND IS INTERESTED IN OPTICS AND PHOTOGRAPHY175
• HIS LAST FOUR PICTURES PAINTED IN HIDING AT CHELSEA178
• THE MYSTERY OF THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE REVEALED TO HIS FRIENDS: AND HIS DEATH181
• PART NINE187
• AFTER TURNER'S DEATH TO THE OPENING OF THE TURNER GALLERY IN 1910187
• VICISSITUDES OF THE TURNER BEQUEST188
• 1906: EXHIBITION OF THE 'UNFINISHED' TURNERS AT THE TATE GALLERY193
• 1908: FIFTY-TWO MORE 'UNEXHIBITED' TURNERS SHOWN AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY197
• 1910: THE NEW 'TURNER GALLERY' AT MILLBANK202
• TURNER AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY—AND CLAUDE. A LAST LOOK210
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE220

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